Horse-detaching device.



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JAMES F. WILLIAMS, OF BEVIER, MISSOURI.

HORSE-DETACHING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Application filed. July 2, 1908. Serial No. 441,574.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bevier, in the county of Macon and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Detaching De taching horses from vehicles by the occupants thereof in case of a runaway or other accident, or whenever it is desired to release the horse from the vehicle, the ob ect of the 1nvention is to provide a simple, durable and detaching clips and means for releasing a horse. Fig. 3 a top plan view of one end of the whiflie-tree with the clip attached, and on an enlarged scale. Fig. at a side elevation of the same. Fig. 5 an end view of the clip,

and Fig. 6 a transverse section of the clip,

partly in elevation.

Reference being had to the drawings and the designating characters thereon, the numeral 1 indicates the saddle, 2 the tugs or traces and 3 the breeching of a set of harness. The tugs 2, 2 are connected to opposite ends of the breeching 3, by buckles 4, thus dispensing with the hold back straps generally used, and the tugs are attached to the whiflle-tree 5, in front of the connection with the breeching, by means of clips on the ends of the swingletree, as shownin Fig. 1.

1 The whiffle tree is curved or semi-circular, is connected to thecross-bar 6 of the shafts in the usual manner and extends forward beyond the ends of the breeching, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thus putting the weight of the vehicle upon the whiflie-tree, instead of upon the shafts, in holding back the vehicle.

The clip is provided with side pins 7, by which the clip is secured to the whifile-tree by bolts 8, 8, and on the inside of each clip is a lug 9 for supporting the tug, there being suflicient space between the side piece 7 and the lug 9 for the reception of the tug. The side pieces 7 are connected together by a plate or continuation 10, of the side pieces 7, and the lug 9 is a continuation of the inner side piece 7.

11 indicates a bolt passing transversely through the clip and is supported in the side pieces 7 and in the lug 9 in openings 12, 13 and let respectively, for the purpose of engaging the tug 2. On the bolt 11 is a coiled spring 15, one end of which engages the inside of one of the plates 7, and the opposite end engages a pin 16 in the bolt, for the purpose. of automatically retracting or disengaging the bolt from the tug.

The bolt is pushed in by the person hitch ing the horse, andwhen the bolt has engaged. the tug, a lever 17 pivotally' secured to one of the side plates 7 at 18, is pushed over the end of the bolt and holds the bolt in position until released. The lever 17 is limited in its forward motion by a lug 19 on the end of the plate 7 to which the lever 17 is secured, and the end of the bolt is rounded to enable the lever 17 to pass readily over the bolt.

To each. of the levers 17 is connected a cord 20, which extends rearward and is in ready reach or access of the driver and is pulled by him when it is desired to detach the horse from the vehicle.

It is obvious that changes in details of construction may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim is- 1. The combination of a pair oftugs, a breeching connected thereto, a pair of shafts and a curved whifiie-tree on said shafts extending beyond the ends of the breeching and to which the tugs are detachably secured.

2. The combination of a pair of tugs, a breeching connected to the tugs, a pair of shafts, a curved whi'lile-tree 011 said shafts extending beyond the ends of the breeching, means for securing the tugs to the whiflietree and means for disengaging the tugs therefrom.

3. The combination of a pair of tugs, a breeching connected to the tugs, a pair of shafts, a curved whiflle-tree on said shafts extending beyond the ends of the breeching,

clips on the ends of the Wlllfl'lQ-tlGG, a bolt retracting the bolt, and a lever engaging the for engaging the tug, and means for disenouter end of the bolt for holding it in engaging the bolt from the tug. gageinentwith the tug and for releasing the 4. The combination of a pair of tugs, a bolt and the tug.

5 breeohing connected to the tugs, a pair of In testimony whereof I affix my signature, 15

shafts, a curved Whl'fflB-tIGG on said shafts in presence of two witnesses. extending beyond the ends of the breeching, JAMES F. WVILLIAMS. clips secured to the whifiie-tree and provided Witnesses: with a lug 0n the inside of the clip, a trans- F. GRISELMANN,

10 verse bolt for engaging the tug, a spring for F. O. DISHMAN. 

